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Minimise to taskbar (WM6)

Hi,
I need my application to minimise to the taskbar, showing an icon - just like the native volume control does.
Could someone please provide me some c# code to do this please.

Thanks.
S.

Dirk Haest

If you're using Visual Studio .NET, add a NotifyIcon to your form. Set the default Visible property to be false.

Add a Form_Resize event handler to the form.

private void Form1_Resize(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
if(this.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
{
this.Visible = false;
notifyIcon1.Visible = true;
}
}

Then add an event handler to the NotifyIcon (usually double click) with this code:

this.Visible = true;
notifyIcon1.Visible = false;

Dirk Haest

Placing Your C# Application in the System Tray
http://www.codeguru.com/Csharp/.NET/net_general/tipstricks/article.php/c6933/

C# Tip: Placing Your C# Application in the System Tray
http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/3336751

sdom100

ASKER

Thanks but unfortunately on Windows Mobile 6, there is no notify icon.
The closest it gets is a notification bubble but that's not quite the same.

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sdom100

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The article in Dhaest's answer does not put an icon on the taskbar but this is apparently banned in CE (officially anyway). The article is about as close as useful info gets to the answer - although it didnt work when I tried it :(